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Film maker Filmmaker and writer Linda May Kallestein, made The Cut Documentary to spread worldwide awareness of the issues around this practice. Female genital mutilation is a huge problem that affects 120 - 140 million women all over the world. That is about the same amount of all the female population in the USA today. An additional 2 to 3 million girls from the age of newborn to 15 years old, are added to their ranks every single year. This means about at least 6000 girls today alone. Who feel their genitals being sliced off. By a razor blade. A knife. A piece of broken glass.
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Short documentary about Mary (aged 14 years) and Alice (who is in her early 20's) from Kenya. Both are affected by the traditional rite of passage into womanhood: genital cutting. Mary and her community are preparing for her ceremonial cutting, and Alice is studying to be a social worker to work against female genital mutilation. As the first in her community to refuse the practice, Alice has paid a high price for her choice to break with tradition. Alice tells of the different myths she encounters in the community around her, as to why circumcision is practiced. Mary, on the other hand, has no voice. She just goes through the preparations and rituals in silence.
It happens in many African countries, some Middle Eastern and also some Asian. Traditionally, that is. Due to migration, it is also taking place in virtually every country that has immigrants from these countries. It might be happening closer than you think.
For more information go to: http://www.lindamaykallestein.com
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